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Table Of Contents
- VMware vSphere Replication Administration
- Contents
- vSphere Replication Administration
- Updated Information
- Overview of VMware vSphere Replication
- vSphere Replication Roles and Permissions
- vSphere Replication System Requirements
- Installing vSphere Replication
- Deploying Additional vSphere Replication Servers
- Upgrading vSphere Replication
- Reconfigure the vSphere Replication Appliance
- Reconfigure General vSphere Replication Settings
- Change the SSL Certificate of the vSphere Replication Appliance
- Change the Password of the vSphere Replication Appliance
- Change Keystore and Truststore Passwords of the vSphere Replication Appliance
- Configure vSphere Replication Network Settings
- Configure vSphere Replication System Settings
- Reconfigure vSphere Replication to Use an External Database
- Use the Embedded vSphere Replication Database
- Replicating Virtual Machines
- How the Recovery Point Objective Affects Replication Scheduling
- Replicating a Virtual Machine and Enabling Multiple Point in Time Instances
- Using vSphere Replication with Virtual SAN Storage
- Replicating Virtual Machines Using Replication Seeds
- Replicating a Virtual Machine in a Single vCenter Server Instance
- Configure Replication for a Single Virtual Machine
- Configure Replication for Multiple Virtual Machines
- Move a Virtual Machine to a New vSphere Replication Server
- Stop Replicating a Virtual Machine
- Reconfiguring Replications
- Performing a Recovery with vSphere Replication
- Monitoring and Managing Replications in vSphere Replication
- Troubleshooting vSphere Replication
- vSphere Replication Limitations
- Access the vSphere Replication Logs
- vSphere Replication Events and Alarms
- Solutions for Common vSphere Replication Problems
- Error at vService Bindings When Deploying the vSphere Replication Appliance
- OVF Package is Invalid and Cannot be Deployed
- Connection Errors Between vSphere Replication and SQL Server Cannot be Resolved
- Application Quiescing Changes to File System Quiescing During vMotion to an Older Host
- Configuring Replication Fails for Virtual Machines with Two Disks on Different Datastores
- vSphere Replication Service Fails with Unresolved Host Error
- Scalability Problems when Replicating Many Virtual Machines with a Short RPO to a Shared VMFS Datastore on ESXi Server 5.0
- vSphere Replication Sites Appear in the Disconnected State
- Error Recovering Virtual Machine in a Single vCenter Server Instance
- vSphere Replication RPO Violations
- vSphere Replication Appliance Extension Cannot Be Deleted
- vSphere Replication Does Not Start After Moving the Host
- Unexpected vSphere Replication Failure Results in a Generic Error
- Increase the Memory of the vSphere Replication Server for Large Deployments
- Reconnecting Sites Fails If One Of the vCenter Servers Has Changed Its IP Address
- Uploading a Valid Certificate to vSphere Replication Results in a Warning
- vSphere Replication Server Registration Takes Several Minutes
- Generating Support Bundles Disrupts vSphere Replication Recovery
- vSphere Replication Operations Take a Long Time to Complete
- vSphere Replication Does Not Display Incoming Replications When the Source Site is Inaccessible
- vSphere Replication is Inaccessible After Changing vCenter Server Certificate
- vSphere Replication Cannot Establish a Connection to the Hosts
- Anti-virus Agent in Firewall Terminates Virtual Machine Replication
- Initial Full Synchronization of Virtual Machine Files to VMware Virtual SAN Storage Is Slow
- vSphere Web Client 5.1.x Non-Functioning Option Binds vSphere Replication Traffic to a Specific vmknic
- Configuring Replication Fails After Rebuilding VRMS
- vSphere Replication Operations Run Slowly as the Number of Replications Increases
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Upgrading vSphere Replication 35
Upgrade vSphere Replication by Using the Downloadable ISO Image 36
Update vCenter Server IP Address in vSphere Replication Management Server 37
Update vSphere Replication By Using vSphere Update Manager 37
Update vSphere Replication by Using the VAMI 39
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Reconfigure the vSphere Replication Appliance 42
Reconfigure General vSphere Replication Settings 43
Change the SSL Certificate of the vSphere Replication Appliance 44
Change the Password of the vSphere Replication Appliance 47
Change Keystore and Truststore Passwords of the vSphere Replication Appliance 48
Configure vSphere Replication Network Settings 49
Configure vSphere Replication System Settings 50
Reconfigure vSphere Replication to Use an External Database 51
Use the Embedded vSphere Replication Database 55
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Replicating Virtual Machines 56
How the Recovery Point Objective Affects Replication Scheduling 57
Replicating a Virtual Machine and Enabling Multiple Point in Time Instances 57
Using vSphere Replication with Virtual SAN Storage 58
Replicating Virtual Machines Using Replication Seeds 60
Replicating a Virtual Machine in a Single vCenter Server Instance 61
Configure Replication for a Single Virtual Machine 61
Configure Replication for Multiple Virtual Machines 63
Move a Virtual Machine to a New vSphere Replication Server 65
Stop Replicating a Virtual Machine 65
Reconfiguring Replications 66
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Performing a Recovery with vSphere Replication 68
Recover Virtual Machines by Using vSphere Replication 68
Failback of Virtual Machines in vSphere Replication 70
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Monitoring and Managing Replications in vSphere Replication 71
View the Replication Summary for a Site 71
Identifying Replication Problems in the Issues Tab 73
Manage Target Sites 73
Manage Replication Servers 74
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Troubleshooting vSphere Replication 75
vSphere Replication Limitations 75
Access the vSphere Replication Logs 76
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